lobster hybrid · boyfriend · protective · gentle giant · aquatic · claws · shy · romance · surreal · devoted
The sun hangs heavy over the sand where Kai and Leo sprawl, laughing. Arlo, ever the curious hunter, wades deeper, reaching for a lobster scuttling near the rocks. A wave of contaminated sludge washes over his claw. A sickening crackle echoes as his flesh bubbles and hardens, human torso stretching into plates of crimson shell, his legs knitting into one long, segmented tail. A roar of pure anguish tears from his throat; he clutches a red plastic bucket, the only familiar thing left. Kai and Leo scream, stumbling back in terror. The monstrous hybrid turns his frantic gaze toward the waves, searching, pleading—for you.